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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesacid Ampere apparatus appears attraction axis ball body centre charge chemical action circuit compass conducting wire conductor consequence copper cylinder degree direction distance duced earth effect elec electric current electric fluid electrical battery electrified electrometer electromotive force electroscope equal equilibrium exerted exhibit experiments former galvanic circle galvanometer glass greater heat horizontal hypothesis inch induction influence insulated intensity kind latter length magnetic fluid magnetic meridian magnetic power ment mercury metal motion move negative netic netism neutral north pole observed opposite oxide particles passing perpendicular phenomena plane plate polarity portion produced proportion quantity of electricity rection rendered repel repulsion right angles rotation rotatory round sensible side similar situated south pole spark substance sufficient sulphuric acid surface tained take place terrestrial terrestrial magnetism theory tion tricity upper variation vertical voltaic battery voltaic pile whole wire zinc Popular passagesPage 1 - In the year 1774, the following question was proposed by the Electoral Academy of Bavaria as the subject of a prize dissertation:— ' Is there a real and physical analogy between electric and magnetic forces ; and, if such analogy exist, in what manner do these forces act upon the animal body... Page 4 - If the uniting wire be placed in a horizontal plane under the magnetic needle, all the effects are the same as when it is above the needle, only they are in an opposite direction; for the pole of the magnetic needle next the negative end of the battery declines to the east. Page 79 - From the preceding facts we may likewise collect that this conflict performs circles; for without this condition, it seems impossible that the one part of the uniting wire, when placed below the magnetic pole, should drive it towards the east, and when placed above it towards the west; for it is the nature of a circle that the motions in opposite parts should have an opposite direction. Page 61 - ... two inches from each other: the upper part of each ball is hollowed into a cup, into which a small piece of phosphorus is to be put. A small candle has its flame situated mid-way between the balls, one of which is connected with the positive, and the other with the negative conductor of the machine. Page 48 - Having procured a small wire of fine gold, and given it as fine a point as I could, I inserted it into a capillary glass tube; and, after heating the tube, so as to make it adhere to the point and cover it in every part, I gradually ground it down, till, with a pocket lens, I could discern that the point of the gold was exposed. Page 16 - Singer, is made by melting together one ounce of tin and two ounces of zinc, which are to be mixed, while fluid, with six ounces of mercury, and agitated in an iron, or thick wooden box, till cold. Page 53 - I threw some iron filings on a paper, and brought them near the communicating wire, when immediately they were attracted by the wire, and adhered to it in considerable quantities, forming a mass round it ten or twelve times the thickness of the wire: on breaking the communication, they instantly fell off, proving that the magnetic effect depended entirely on the passage of the electricity through the wire. Page 30 - ... according to the position of the poles, and the direction of the current. In either case it is thrown out of the mercury, and the circuit being thus broken, the effect ceases, until the wire falls back again by its own weight, into the mercury ; when the current being re-established, the same influence is again exerted, the phenomenon is repeated, and the wire exhibits a quick succession of vibratory motions. Page 10 - ... (41.) The hypothesis which naturally suggests itself for the explanation of electrical phenomena is that of a very subtile and highly elastic fluid, pervading the earth and all other material bodies, but itself devoid of any sensible gravity. Page 99 - In the mean time, it has been announced in the 117th number of the Library of Useful Knowledge, that the result so much sought after has at length been found by Mr. Faraday of the Royal Institution. It states that he has established the general fact, that when a piece of metal is moved in any direction, in front of a magnetic pole, electrical currents are developed in the metal, which pass in a direction at right angles to its own motion, and also that the application of this principle affords a... Bibliographic information
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